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In Reply to: POLL: How many of you use(or would prefer to use) "time-coincident" speakers? posted by genungo on September 4, 2014 at 08:36:45:
did you mention vandersteen?
i'm specifically a fan of sealed and acoustic suspension speakers, but also put time aligned drivers high on my priority list. i still wouldn't mind owning a pair of infinity modulus 5 1/2" 2 ways with emit tweeters circa 1992 or so. those were my idea of "the ideal speakers" for the longest time as infinity was the brand that got me into hifo to begin with when i heard a pair of their 4 1/2" 2 ways with polycell tweeters and was amazed by the bass CLARITY and speed they had compared to slower and boomier sounding full sized speakers.
back when they were still sealed, i lusted after wilson watt puppys for being sealed and time aligned.
i really liked the sound i heard from a pair of magnepan MG12s once on a tube amp, but haven't like the sound of larger maggies that can have either an aluminum foil pinging sound or an even more annoying gritty sound like the last pair i auditioned that made dark side of the moon's vocals sound unbearable.
so for now, i have my heart set on getting a pair of KEF LS50 2 ways as they have solid cabinets with nicely radiused front baffles and 5 1/4" coaxial drivers that should image like crazy. they're class A rated by stereophile and "only" $1,500 a pair. once the ports are plugged, they should be able to easily beat all of the speakers i've bought to try and have NHT superzero imaging and lack of resonance sound but with higher resolution, but sadly, energy RC10, mission M71 and celestion ditton 100 all have annoying box resonances that the KEFs shouldn't.
every review i've read for LS50s has been favorable. i've never been a fan of the brand as they almost exclusively make ported speakers, even bandpass *cringe*, but if they provide port plugs for them, then they should offer the sealed mini sound i'm after with even higher resolution and lower cabinet resonance than i've been able to find so far.
that copper color is kind of fugly, but you can't have everything.
BTW... B&W stopped time aligning it's tweeters on it's 800 series. i guess they value dispersion/lack of diffraction over time alignment these days.
If it's ported, it's distorted.
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Follow Ups
- i'm lusting after KEF LS50 coincident driver 2 ways about now - budget minded 17:44:44 09/11/14 (7)
- RE: i'm lusting after KEF LS50 coincident driver 2 ways about now - coli 09:16:52 05/31/15 (1)
- RE: i'm lusting after KEF LS50 coincident driver 2 ways about now - Jack D II 21:41:21 06/01/15 (0)
- NOT time or phase coherent, so why is it here? - Timbo in Oz 15:41:49 05/30/15 (0)
- There is something very interesting about that speaker. - Presto 13:32:16 09/12/14 (3)
- RE: Woofer in negative polarity "... gives an *initial* positive going impulse response."? - genungo 14:44:51 09/12/14 (2)
- RE: Woofer in negative polarity "... gives an *initial* positive going impulse response."? - Presto 15:33:42 09/12/14 (1)
- RE: Woofer in negative polarity "... gives an *initial* positive going impulse response."? - genungo 18:10:09 09/12/14 (0)
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